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Grand Canyon to Get Glass-Bottomed Walk
Fri Aug 26,12:23 AM ET

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PHOENIX. Great views—and plenty of goosebumps for those afraid of heights.

An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon's edge.

The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai Tribe's $40 million effort to turn 1,000 acres of reservation land into a tourist destination that will also feature an Indian village and Western-themed town.

The tribe's reservation is some 200 miles by road to the west of the section of the Grand Canyon National Park that most tourists visit.

The walkway, with a glass bottom and sides, will be supported by steel beams and will accommodate 120 people, though it is designed to hold 72 million pounds, said Sheri Yellowhawk, chief executive officer of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp., the tribal-owned company that is overseeing the project.

"You're basically looking 4,000 feet down. It's a whole new way to experience the Grand Canyon," Yellowhawk said.

Admission will be $25.

The project is still seeking an insurer, said architect David Jin, who said he came up with the skywalk idea while visiting the canyon in 1996.

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25 bucks?? Christ! Fuck that!
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Those wacky Hualapai.......
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I hope the glass doesn't break.
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I hope the glass doesn't break.


Good grief.
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I hope the glass doesn't break.


I hope it does while you're on it.

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way overpriced
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cemeterypolka Wrote:
Makes No Sense At All Wrote:
I hope the glass doesn't break.


I hope it does while you're on it.

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I'll pay them $25 dollars to keep them from defacing that big fucking ditch.

Buy some fucking burros, christ.

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If you want to see 4,000 feet down why not just look over the edge for $0?

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konstantinl Wrote:
If you want to see 4,000 feet down why not just look over the edge for $0?
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They obviously have not thought this through. Who the fog is going to clean that?

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Who the fog is going to clean that?

The same Indian guys with no fear of heights that work on skyscrapers, obviously.
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That's the kinda crap that I have nightmares about and have since childhood. And you want me to pay for it?

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Dusty Chalk Wrote:
Who the fog is going to clean that?
The same Indian guys with no fear of heights that work on skyscrapers, obviously.
Well, I don't mean just that. I mean, people are going to walk on this thing. Do you know what kind of crap and gravel and gum and etc. people have on the bottom of their shoes? Some idiot with cleats is going to indirectly kill about 1,000 people (because after they walk on it, they're going to buff it down to remove the scratches)...

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It's obviously all a ploy to get some upskirt shots for the internet.
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